The light was still too dim to penetrate the cracks in the shutters when the rooster crowed. For a fraction of a second it felt like a village. But it was the Jenin refugee camp, circa two weeks ago. There, as in other refugee camps, the rooster's wake-up call is something more: nutrition for the unemployed, as well as the longing and the desire to maintain continuity, if only symbolic, with the village that...
Is the PA afraid of a third intifada?
The second intifada broke out not only because of resentment toward Israel, but also toward the PA. In West Bank refugee camps, it seems that resentment has returned.
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